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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1924

1,078 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 54

Wounded and Alone Man's Terrible Ordeal Exposed to the Storm

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 29 February 1924 · page 4

Mr. Cyril. Cameron, manager of the Bank of Australia Part Melbourne (Vic), passed through a painful ordeal last week, when for a day and two…

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Floods in Territory. Serious Damage. Darwin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 February 1924 · page 12

A telegram from Katherine states that disastrous floods have occurred at Wave Hill, one of Vestey's biggest stations on the Western Australian border. The homestead, fences,…

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Disastrous Floods Adelaide

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 February 1924 · page 3

A Darwin telegram from Katherine states that disastrous floods have occurred at Wave Hill, one of Messrs. Yesterday's biggest stations on the West…

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An Eventful Tour Mr. Manning in "Tassy." Motoring Through a Flood

Nepean Times · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 5

Mr. Arthur G. Manning, M.H.R. for Macquarie, left Melbourne for Sydney on Monday. He has just completed an adventurous tour of Tasmania, of…

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Heavy Flooding In the Territory

The Labor Daily · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 4

Wave Hill, Vestey's big station on Victoria River in the Northern Territory, has been subjected to the severest flood in the history of that region…

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SAVED? Cyclone Goes South 400 Miles Away

The Sun · Monday 3 March 1924 · page 7

Somewhere a cyclonic storm is beating up the seas and making life precarious and desperate. But Sydney is reasonably safe…

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Cyclonic Storm In Tasman Sea Shipping Warned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 March 1924 · page 5

A disturbance of a cyclonic nature was operating off the New South Wales coast last evening. During the afternoon, the steamer…

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Tropical Storm Further Falls Predicted

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 March 1924 · page 8

Conditions last night pointed to cloudy and unsettled weather over New South Wales during the next two or three days. Tropical activities are still a dominating…

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Flood in Shop Sprinkler Sprinkles Horderns' Soaked

Evening News · Tuesday 4 March 1924 · page 7

It was a thrilling five minutes in Horderns' store in Pitt-street just before noon to-day, when somebody bumped into the fire…

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Storm Moon

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 5 March 1924 · page 18

THE little taper of the moon Is reticent to-night; It burns among the livid cloud Apologetic light…

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Deluge at Townsville Brisbane

The Sun · Thursday 6 March 1924 · page 3

The northern districts experienced heavy rain on Tuesday. Yesterday nearly 6½ inches fell at Townsville in 24 hours…

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Violent Storm Miners' Exciting Time MELBOURNE

The Sun · Thursday 6 March 1924 · page 9

A violent storm broke over Bendigo yesterday, and damage from water occurred in several parts of the city…

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Heavy Rains Floods for Queensland Brisbane

Evening News · Thursday 6 March 1924 · page 7

The Weather Bureau predicts copious rains throughout the western region of the State. A special flood warning is issued, and…

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No Shortage of Men in Iron Trades Employers' Statements Contrary to Fact--Engineers Flood the Labor Market

The Labor Daily · Thursday 6 March 1924 · page 3

The statements made on behalf of employers before the Board of Trade on Tuesday, regarding the lack of skilled from-trade labor in this…

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Heavy Rain in N.Z. May Affect Test Cricket Wellington (N.z.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 March 1924 · page 6

Unusually heavy rain in Wellington this morning caused water to overflow in portions of Willis Street, Lambton, blocking traffic temporarily. The…

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Flood Fatality Dog Saves One Man ROCKHAMPTON

The Sun · Friday 7 March 1924 · page 2

While asleep in their tent on the Bengal Creek, 28 miles from Muttaburra, where they were engaged woodcutting, two men, William Arthur…

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Floods in Territory Darwin

The Sun · Friday 7 March 1924 · page 7

[?]es wave [?] confirm reports of extensive damage by floods. A homestead was destroyed, and large losses of fencing and stock have…

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Floods in Queensland Brisbane

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 March 1924 · page 6

Very heavy rain has fallen over the regions between Mackinley, Wyandra, Springsure, and Richmond, averaging to 250 points. Among the heavy falls were: -- Muttaburra…

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Heavy Rain. Floods in Queensland. Man Drowned. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 March 1924 · page 18

Under the influence of a monsoonal depression further heavy rains have fallen generally over central and southern Queensland during the past 24 hours, while a further…

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To Prevent Flooding

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 8 March 1924 · page 2

In connection with the recent flooding of the pathways at the intersection of Joseph-street and Kerr's-road, the council's overseen, at last meeting of the Lidcombe…

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